Capital : Kingston

Land Area : 22,966 sq km

Head of Government : Prime Minister The Rt Hon P J Patterson QC (since 30 March 1992)

Population : 2,731,832 (July 2005 est.)

Major Languages : English, patois English

Major Religion(s) : Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other, including some spiritual cults 34.7%

Date of Joining : 1962

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Articles from CHRI Newsletter:

• Justice Delayed is Justice Denied - The Janice Allen Case, Dr Carolyn Gomes, Executive Director, Jamaicans for Justice, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 4, Winter 2004.

Articles from E-Magazine:

• Police Violence fuels AIDS epidemic, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 2, April 2005.
• Towards Reforms…, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 2, April 2005.

Articles from RTI Updates:

• New draft rules to govern Access to Information Act, Jamaica Gleaner, 1 April 2005.
• Commencement of the Access to Information Act Phase 1, January 5, 2003, Access to Information Unit, Jamaica Archives & Records Department, Office of the Prime Minister.